Curiosity
(a poem for children)

What is my belly button for?—
a question that you can't ignore,
for when you look, you'll always see
a little hole in your belly!
I wonder if a lady bug
lives there inside, all nice and snug
or if it's meant to hold a jewel
that you can show your friends at school.
Or do you put some salt in there
when lying in a bathtub, where
your celery gets dipped right in—
or would the salt just burn my skin?
And then there's those that stick right out,
now what could that be all about?—
a reset button, when you're sad
to change your feelings back to glad?
Perhaps that little belly hole
is there because the angels stole
a piece of belly, just an inch,
when they gave me a little pinch,
before I floated down to earth
from heaven, just before my birth.
I guess I'll never really know—
it's fun to wonder, even though
the belly button seems to be
a funny curiosity.

© 2011 Katharine L. Sparrow